Hearing some bad news regarding one of the members...

Rumors are saying (source is Shuukan Bunshun tabloid) that Okamoto Keito could be leaving Hey! Say! JUMP. WHOA.

Okamoto is member of the Hey! Say! 7 subunit, which is down to four after Morimoto Ryutaro left following the underage smoking scandal. If Keito leaves, that subunit will go down to three (the Hey! Say! BEST subunit is still intact at five).

Wow, I'm shocked at this. I didn't expect this to happen. :cry

http://bunshun.jp/articles/-/7842

I wouldn't be surprised & sounds like this might be true . Don't forget having 9 members in a group , tensions will bound to happen if there's none then I will be even more surprised

Yamada , Chinen & Daiki are the main crowd fans drawers in HSJ . I'm not surprised if Okamoto are not in good terms with either 1 of them in private especially Yamada

Also tabloids in recent times have reported Okamoto not to be as squeaky clean as what might assume , same thing goes for Inoo

Okamoto might follow in his dad's footsteps where both remind in J&A but we'll see

HSJ will be performing in Hong Kong on 7th July as part of NTV's THE MUSIC DAY 2018 ~Tsuta Etai Uta~ live broadcast

https://s8.postimg.cc/oi9s2pdr9/3564...96944128_n.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/ryosukeyama...895879/?type=3

Hong Kong fans are able to take part in a GEM TV Asia contest where they stand a chance to meet HSJ in person

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https://www.facebook.com/fangirlingt...04151120222920

Wow & the fact that Okamoto signed the board before the rumours broke out , I'll be curious to see if he will perform in Hong Kong alongside with the other members

NTV tweeted about this 3 days ago - https://twitter.com/musicday_ntv/sta...92158554853381

23rd single COSMIC☆HUMAN will be released on 1st Aug

COSMIC☆HUMAN will be used to promote NTV's drama Tokyo Alien Bros starring Inoo & A.B.C-Z.'s Totsuka Shota

English translated description of COSMIC☆HUMAN

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COSMIC☆HUMAN will be released in 3 versions , CD only and 2 CD + DVD limited

通常盤
CD / JACA-5748
¥1,065＋税

1) COSMIC☆HUMAN
2) SWEET or HOT?
3) ルーレット
4) Draw My Life!
5) COSMIC☆HUMAN (オリジナル・カラオケ)
6) SWEET or HOT? (オリジナル・カラオケ)
7) ルーレット (オリジナル・カラオケ)
8) Draw My Life! (オリジナル・カラオケ)

初回限定盤①
CD＋DVD / JACA-5744～5745
¥1,250＋税
★歌詞ブックレット(16P予定) 封入

CD

1) COSMIC☆HUMAN
2) Go My Way
3) Go My Way (オリジナル・カラオケ)

DVD

COSMIC☆HUMAN (ビデオ・クリップ+メイキング)

初回限定盤②
CD＋DVD / JACA-5746～5747
¥1,250＋税
★歌詞ブックレット(24P予定) 封入

CD

1) COSMIC☆HUMAN
2) やんちゃなヒーロー / Hey! Say! 7
3) やんちゃなヒーロー (オリジナル・カラオケ)

DVD

やんちゃなヒーロー (ビデオ・クリップ+メイキング) / Hey! Say! 7

A PV was made for Hey ! Say ! 7's Yancha na Hero which was picked to be used as the ending theme song for the Nintama Rantarou anime

This year's the 25th anniversary of Nintama Rantarou & this coincides with the fact that all 4 of Hey ! Say ! 7 members were born in the same year when Nintama Rantarou 1st started airing

https://www.j-storm.co.jp/heysayjump...y/cosmic_human

It's about time for a new HSJ single & same with my previous post , I'm curious to see if Okamoto will stick around to promote COSMIC☆HUMAN if not it will be similar to what happened to OVER where the single covers were already issued with Morimoto on them before he got caught for underage smoking

Happy birthday Inoo , he turns 28 today

How nice , COSMIC☆HUMAN announced today on Inoo's birthday & the song is used to promote his upcoming new drama = win

Wow, a new single. Releasing on the same day as Leo Ieiri's (which I have ordered), but I'm not sure if I want to order it amidst the Keito Okamoto rumors. Considering how long in advance cover shots are done, and Johnny's haven't officially announced any word on Keito Okamoto, this could be interesting...

Even if Okamoto does leave at the end of the month , that should not stop you from continuing to support HSJ isn't it ? :shrug

Seems like your mentality in thinking is shallow , just because of 1 particular person that might leave the group

KAT-TUN if not NEWS lost several members over the years which's a really horrible feeling but that didn't stop long time fans from continuing to support them

You should have that same mindset too . If everyone all thinks like you , then both KAT-TUN & NEWS would have disbanded a long time ago

Okamoto will be heading to study in New York's The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Sept

This was announced in a video clip posted on HSJ's fanclub site today

HSJ will be doing a tour later on this year without Okamoto & it's not mentioned how long Okamoto will be studying in New York for

Seems like Okamoto will be still part of HSJ after his eventual return from New York

https://natalie.mu/music/news/288111

Sorry for saying that. I still keep having these thoughts, I should actually reduce - or eventually stop - them. But...

...what a sigh of relief that is. It turns out Keito isn't going to leave HSJ after all. Keito said that he dropped out from Sophia University, but I'm glad he gets another opportunity at education - this time stateside in New York! We wish Okamoto-san does well during his time in NY starting later this fall.

I don't even know where to begin on what you wrote , I'm quite speechless

You make it sound as if it's the end of HSJ just because Okamoto will be leaving temporarily to pursue his studies overseas

It's already stated that the reminding 8 members will continue on with group related activities

1st you're so sales obsessed focused & now Okamoto will leave HSJ temporarily , you claim you will stop supporting them ? Wow that's unreal

Like I said if everyone all has this same mentality as you , all non Johnnys & Johnnys groups are doomed as members in each group leave due to various reasons

In future , please don't react as though you will be surprised if Okamoto will end up on what happened to ex KAT-TUN's Akanishi

And everyone all knows what happened when Akanishi came back from USA , his attitude changed for the worst and he became a completely different person

Also why do you use the word 'we' ? You're not writing from a 3rd party perspective , that's so bizarre

This year is a bad year for JE. Just keep it neutral.

^ That I agree & throughout my years of supporting J&A , this year's the worst

This year seems to be almost every Johnny group affected with bad publicity of all sorts from 1 end to another

Newspaper article talking about Okamoto's plans to study in New York

https://s8.postimg.cc/dekp434tx/3603...85152768_n.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/fangirlingt...850675/?type=3

So this was already mooted back in March way before all the tabloids were reporting all the awful crap about Okamoto

The rumors are actually very confusing. waiting for the official news.

Huh no , HSJ themselves already confirm the news as true on Sat via their fanclub site o_O

And just like me , a lot of people are wondering if Okamoto will follow in Akanishi Jin's footsteps after he come back from New York :x

English translated statement posted on J&A website

https://s8.postimg.cc/vt4ezg8px/hsj.jpg

http://www.johnnys-net.jp/page?id=te...535&lang=en_us

Interesting is that for this , J&A outright says where exactly Okamoto will be studying at unlike what happened to Akanishi

I see, I thought there was also another member.

This morning's Sukkiri!! talked about Okamoto's decision to study in New York in Sept

https://www.facebook.com/fangirlingt...8815349756497/

So looks like The American Academy of Dramatic Arts has some famous alumns like Anne Hathaway

Today is Flying Get day for Hey! Say! JUMP I/Oth Anniversary Tour 2017-2018 DVD

TSUTAYA Shibuya

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https://twitter.com/shibutsuta_tr/st...15352499044352

Hey! Say! JUMP's Okamoto Keito to study abroad in the U.S.

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...road-in-the-us

HSJ will be performing in Hong Kong on 7th July as part of NTV's THE MUSIC DAY 2018 ~Tsuta Etai Uta~ live broadcast

7th July also happens to be Tanabata Matsuri in Japan

GEM TV Asia uploaded clips of HSJ members talking about their Tanabata wishes & each clip has English subtitles

Yamada

https://www.facebook.com/GEMtvasia/v...0797126589343/

Chinen

https://www.facebook.com/GEMtvasia/v...0864883249234/

Nakajima

https://www.facebook.com/GEMtvasia/v...1527313182991/

Okamoto

https://www.facebook.com/GEMtvasia/v...1530486516007/

Not surprisingly , Okamoto is the only 1 that spoke English in the clip . Nakajima's wish for Tanabata is quite funny but at least it's quite realistic , Yamada's wish is a bit out of reach